| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiia Hautala | 
                             
                            FIN
                         | 
                            2:15.14o | 2:20.01 | 
| 2 | Remigija Nazaroviene | 
                             
                            LTU
                         | 
                            2:09.26o | |
| 3 | Svetlana Kazanina | 
                             
                            KAZ
                         | 
                            ||
| 4 | Marie Collonvillé | 
                             
                            FRA
                         | 
                            2:17.60 | 2:17.60 | 
| 5 | Karin Periginelli | 
                             
                            ITA
                         | 
                            2:13.74o | 2:17.23 | 
| 6 | Le Shundra Nathan | 
                             
                            USA
                         | 
                            2:19.54o | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kym Carter | 
                             
                            USA
                         | 
                            2:09.52o | |
| 2 | Sabine Braun | 
                             
                            GER
                         | 
                            2:09.41o | |
| 3 | Urszula Wlodarczyk | 
                             
                            POL
                         | 
                            2:11.72o | |
| 4 | Mona Steigauf | 
                             
                            GER
                         | 
                            2:15.83o | 2:17.10 | 
| 5 | Tatyana Gordeyeva | 
                             
                            RUS
                         | 
                            2:21.14 | 2:21.14 | 
| 6 | Eunice Barber | 
                             
                            SLE
                         | 
                            2:11.94o | 2:20.24 |